The official weigh-in!

Oh. My. God.

That's me told, then. I knew I was more than a little lardy. That this whole losing weight malarkey was long overdue.

But then I dusted off the scales and stood on them.

Take a look:





Your eyes aren't deceiving you - that's 17 stone and 13 pounds. Just shy of 18 stone! That's a whole lot of pies, then.

Katie (who was annoyingly lively this morning) was there to witness this momentous event - she'll be my official referee in all of this.

Keep tuned for updates, folks...